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~Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red box~ -- nm - Max Nov 5, 14:42
Hmm, our closest redbox is now renting games. That's new. - David Nov 5, 14:37 4
- Our closet redbox is now renting games. - what pmb read Nov 5, 14:39 3
  - "This one's called 'Fireman.' Actually I think I'm supposed to be the pole- whoa, yep." -- nm - Max Nov 5, 14:40
  - Hey Monocle, get your R&D team together and make this happen. -- nm - David Nov 5, 14:40 1
    - As soon as they get the damn transporter fixed. -- nm - pmb Nov 5, 14:41
So I'm on my parents' computer, and its borked with some sort of virus/malware. - Tim Nov 5, 14:37 4
- Type msconfig in your Start Search. Click the startup tab. - David Nov 5, 14:39 1 1
  - malwarebytes was the best thing for my laptop when it get infected. - Mel Profit Nov 5, 14:41
- Did you do it in safe mode? -- nm - amoxy Nov 5, 14:39 1
  - Even in safe mode. -- nm - Tim Nov 5, 14:40
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- Page width. -- nm - Max Nov 5, 14:33 2
  - This. -- nm - pmb Nov 5, 14:34 1
    - This. -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 14:35
LYC: New photos uploaded. Paris, Milan, Venice, Florence, Pisa, Colombo -- (link) - ty97 Nov 5, 14:24 [flickr] 3
- everybody talk about...pop muzik -- nm - Remlik on the 'droid Nov 5, 14:34
- "... oh, just one more thing ..." -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 14:25
- *hate* -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Nov 5, 14:24
No word on the condo. Hrm. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 14:23 1
- *sending out good thoughts* -- nm - crash davis Nov 5, 14:27
LIR - Pippy. Our building is actually on the grounds of an elementary school. That's the standard for school fences around here. - MojaveMeg Nov 5, 14:21
I want it noted into the official record that I consider E-rnest to be far far worse than anything I've said here. -- nm - crash davis Nov 5, 14:21
Jones Bacon Soda? -- (link) - znufrii Nov 5, 14:20
Heh. "So what is slickertalk?" - Dr.Vermin in his performance review Nov 5, 14:19 23 1
- I am so stealing this if I am ever asked to justify my time here. -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 5, 14:35
- Similiar positions huh? - Qale Nov 5, 14:33 2
  - In the sense that we're mostly all seated. -- nm - pmb Nov 5, 14:35 1
    - *laughing* - Mel Profit Nov 5, 14:38
- They're reading this thread right now...and laughing. - David Nov 5, 14:31 7
  - really? It always sounded like conversations about outdoorsy rain gear. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 14:32 6
    - slick willy. -- nm - Max Nov 5, 14:36
    - Slick is a dicey term if you are trying to sound professional. That's all I'll say. -- nm - David Nov 5, 14:35 3
      - I'm rather glad I didn't have to explain "slacker". -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 5, 14:36 2
        
        Yeah, that one is hard to defend. -- nm - David Nov 5, 14:36 1
        
        "It's a motivational site with advice on how to get underperforming employees to work harder. There are a lot of good tips there." -- nm - Max Nov 5, 14:37
    - I call it rain gear. Wearing a slicker sounds pervy -- nm - crash davis Nov 5, 14:33
- *Favourites* -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 14:28
- "Sounds good, let's get the rest of the staff on it." -- nm - Max Nov 5, 14:27
- I think we all envision having to answer this question eventually. - Mel Profit Nov 5, 14:22 2
  - I had to once, a few bosses ago. I faceplanted completely trying to come up with a good answer. - con_carne Nov 5, 14:31
  - ooh, I like that. "ST? It's just my favorite section of the cloud." - Dr.Vermin Nov 5, 14:27 1
- IRYS!!! -- nm - nubby Nov 5, 14:22 1
  - I review your Sites? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 14:22
- Vermin, accomplished liar. -- nm - Roger More Nov 5, 14:21 1
  - To be fair, I *have* gotten many work questions answered here. - Dr.Vermin Nov 5, 14:37
- Nice! -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 14:21
- Very slick, slick -- nm - amoxy Nov 5, 14:20
Those were some good tacos -- nm - amoxy Nov 5, 14:19
Actual words just heard from a female co-worker in my office "Spank me" :o - Walt_Disney Nov 5, 14:18
Whoa. I received my new Social Security card *4* days after applying for it. Hooray for efficiency! - kelly Nov 5, 14:10 2
- However, 6 mexicans received your old card 4 hours after you applied for the new one. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 14:31 1
  - Now I can stand in line for 3 hrs tomorrow morning at the DMV! Hooray! -- nm - kelly Nov 5, 14:34
I would have thought Neil Gaiman would have had a cow (re: the cover to Action Comics #894)... -- (link) - Mop (220 lbs) Nov 5, 14:08
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- *nervous* -- nm - Diva Nov 5, 14:06 1
  - Even Dawson's liver is a diva. -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 14:07
never seen that either. they just accidentally loaded the 1 horse in the 2 slot in the loading gate... - x Nov 5, 14:03
T-Mobile's latest wacky flashmob. -- (link) - Mop (220 lbs) Nov 5, 14:00
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- she is not that nuts - but going through the top 14 fad diets? I've tried most of them. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 5, 14:05 7
  - I don't get why skinny, hot chicks go on diets. - ty97 Nov 5, 14:06 6
    - I had issues wtith baby weight - and seriously Weight Watchers is the only diet I would ever go on again - Epiphany Nov 5, 14:31
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      - That's because you're fat and ugly. -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 14:16 2
        
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        I am actually seething with jealousy -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 14:25
    - because like money, it's never enough. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 14:07
- what's wrong with that? bourbon is liquid. (your line: MARY GO HOME.) -- nm - chromanda Nov 5, 14:02 2
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    - I'm actually going home to pack, do the phone bill, study accounting. I have a long distance drinks date sevenish eightish. -- nm - chromanda Nov 5, 14:15
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because ML shared, I will as well. my movie for this evening is a simple twist of fate. - chromanda Nov 5, 13:50
"Gentlemen, first and foremost, this is not NASCAR. What the hell is wrong with you two?" -- nm - crash davis Nov 5, 13:50
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- who said that? -- nm - crash davis Nov 5, 13:49 3
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  - I'm gonna guess Chris Kluwe. - Tim Nov 5, 13:50 1
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Holy crap. Veronica Belmont's set top box megalist. It's quite a list. -- (link) - Mop (220 lbs) Nov 5, 13:47 3
- Veronica has quite the set top boxes, if you know what I maen... -- nm - Inigo Nov 5, 14:05 2
  - I'm still into Natali del Conte, although Cali Lewis is catching up. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Nov 5, 14:11 1
    - *thought it said 'Carl Lewis' and laughed* -- nm - Diva Nov 5, 14:20
from b2: If suspending Olberman means two hours of the higher rated Maddow, woooo! -- nm - Qale Nov 5, 13:46 5
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  - I watch her because she's a lesbian vampire you know. -- (link) - Qale Nov 5, 13:53 [youtube] 3
    - This guy pretty much makes the arguments that people are born gay and that it's not a choice. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Nov 5, 14:04 1
      - get. out. -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 14:17
    - She should play for the New York Necks. -- nm - Max Nov 5, 13:58
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- Who's saying it? besides Rush Limbaugh? -- (link) - znufrii Nov 5, 13:47
- No, per CNN it's an email hoax that's just that. - JaxSean Nov 5, 13:46 2
  - Remember what I said about the I wanna launch the missiles look of Charlie Sheen in "Deadzone"... - Mel Profit Nov 5, 14:10
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- Yeah, that just sounds excessive. - Stephen Nov 5, 13:44 10
  - It's an Indian claim that includes 34 warships....or the equivalent of 3 full carrier groups. - Will Hunting Nov 5, 14:30
  - I'd believe it's 200 million rupees, which is about $4 million US and in line with other foreign visits. -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 13:58 5
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      - of time? -- nm - amoxy Nov 5, 14:20
      - if he did, he'd be criticized for not playing an American instrument. -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 14:02
    - It is a secret to everyone. -- nm - Moblin Nov 5, 13:59
    - the word rupee always makes me want to make rhubarb slurpees. -- nm - Max Nov 5, 13:59
  - exactly. if you're going to lie about how much the government is spending on a presidential visit, at least make it believable. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 13:53
  - "The hard-to-swallow claim originated with a Nov. 2 Press Trust of India article quoting an unnamed "top official" in the government of Maharashtra" -- (link) - mara Nov 5, 13:46
  - maybe it is in the millions, but not in that neighborhood. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 13:45
- COnsidering what the SS has to do, I would not be surprised. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 13:44 6
  - From an article I just read SS costs are never included in the reports as they are classified. - Stephen Nov 5, 13:50 1
    - well, we do know that he travels with two planes, as well as a fleet of cars and helicopters. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 13:53
  - It's absurd. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 13:44 3
    - wait, you're right. it is absurd. I didn't parse the number right. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 13:44 2
      - The entire war in Afghanistan costs less than that per day. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 13:45 1
        
        hey Afghanistan IS in Asia !!!!! -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 5, 13:53
- With 34 warships too!! -- nm - Qale Nov 5, 13:43 1
  - That is my favorite -- nm - amoxy Nov 5, 14:13
- Propagandists. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 13:43
- well they are not math geniuses that is for sure -- nm - Epiphany Nov 5, 13:43
My dead laptop is presently fetching $125 on eBay. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Nov 5, 13:42 2
- dead laptops tell stories - Danedukenuuk Nov 5, 13:43 1
  - *thoroughly* -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Nov 5, 14:01
Reagan: how much alcohol is really in there anyway? one beer for the whole pot? -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 13:39 2
- yeah, it is essentially gone after two hours -- nm - crash davis Nov 5, 13:42 1
  - although, I would say that "keep warm" should not be considered "cooking". -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 13:43
at least 148 BP pipelines on the North Slope received an �F-rank� from the company itself because of corrosion that could potentially lead to ruptures -- (link) - mara Nov 5, 13:39 3
- They're hoping to get that up to E-rnest by the end of the year. -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 13:58
- did you see the Frontline episode on this last week? -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 13:41
- Drill, baby, drill!!! -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 13:39
Chris Hayes (who rocks) was initially the sub. host for Countdown, but now he's not. - Tim Nov 5, 13:38
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- Descent 2 has some good ideas, but it does that stupid horror sequel thing of being loud and jumpy rather than good at times. -- nm - David Nov 5, 14:33
- If you haven't seen Black Hawk Down, this. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 5, 13:43
- Black Hawk Down if you're looking for an intense war movie, Starship Troopers if you're looking for a fun sci-fi "war" movie. -- nm - Stephen Nov 5, 13:42
- descent 2 -- nm - Epiphany Nov 5, 13:42
- Starship Troopers. - Will Hunting Nov 5, 13:38 14
  - No amount of boobage can save this horrible movie. - Mel Profit Nov 5, 13:39 13
    - I thought it was supposed to be a horrible movie on purpose and that's why I like it. -- nm - Qale Nov 5, 13:44
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      - dreck is dreck, pal. - Mel Profit Nov 5, 13:48 10
        
        I've been telling this for years now yet you continue to cling to your Star Wars bedsheets of blissful ignorance. -- nm - David Nov 5, 14:32
        
        *nods* All CGI, no payoff and the attempts at satire fell flat. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 14:28
        
        I stand with Mel -- nm - crash davis Nov 5, 14:22 2
        
        I usually stand with Mel, just not this time - amoxy Nov 5, 14:25
        
        I always thought you were a right thinking fella. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 14:23
        
        This is how I feel about The Lemonheads. And the Phantom Tollbooth movie. -- nm - TFox Nov 5, 13:50 4
        
        wait, you hate the lemonheads? really? -- nm - chromanda Nov 5, 13:54 2
        
        simon and garfunkel ruining-ass motherfuckers. fuck them. -- nm - TFox Nov 5, 14:02 1
        
        "She thought Simon & Garfunkel were my lawyers." -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 14:03
        
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- BHD. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 13:38 2
  - Yup -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 14:35
  - This. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Nov 5, 13:38

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